Canada

Poilievre's team takes aim at Charest's Conservative cred as his campaign takes shape

OTTAWA - A Conservative senator from Quebec helping Pierre Poilievre try to win leadership of the party is criticizing the man who could be his main rival as a "Conservative of convenience." Leo Housa...

Mar 07, 2022

Fines issued after plane with Russian nationals on board grounded in Yellowknife

YELLOWKNIFE - Transport Canada says a plane carrying two Russian nationals that was grounded in Yellowknife last week broke airspace restrictions. It says the plane's two pilots and the Russian who ch...

Mar 07, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Alberta to reduce gas tax, offering $150 rebate on electricity bills

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is taking action on high energy prices by reducing its tax on gasoline. He says the price at the pump will drop by 13 cents per litre. He also...

Mar 07, 2022

Canada planning for global food emergency, as Ukraine attack risks wheat supply

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the "ripple effects" of Russia's invasion in Ukraine include major disruptions to the United Nations Food program. Trudeau is in Europe this week as Canada ...

Mar 07, 2022

Arctic co-operation and study must continue despite Russian attack in: U.S. envoy

A top United States government official says there are plenty of issues to keep like-minded Arctic nations busy after Russia's invasion of Ukraine forced seven of them to pause their participation in ...

Mar 07, 2022

Trudeau opens door to more military spending in response to Russian invasion

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is opening the door to spending more on Canada's military in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Trudeau is in London today for meetings with British Prime...

Mar 07, 2022

Non-citizens of Ukraine don't qualify for temporary refuge from war in Canada

OTTAWA - Masouma Tajik fled Taliban rule in Afghanistan in August, leaving her life and family behind at only 22 years old, carrying just one backpack. Last week, she left the new life she had built f...

Mar 07, 2022

Muslim groups ask feds ti intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugees in Vancouver

OTTAWA - Dozens of Muslim Canadian organizations are urging the prime minister, public safety minister, and president of the Canada Border Services Agency to intervene on behalf of Egyptian refugee cl...

Mar 07, 2022

Ottawa interim police chief vows 'systemic change' in wake of convoy protest

Ottawa's interim police chief Steve Bell has promised to rebuild the community's trust in the municipal force after a protest that filled the capital's streets with honking, diesel fumes and roadblock...

Mar 07, 2022

Victims' families press for senior RCMP witnesses at N.S. mass shooting inquiry

HALIFAX - The public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shooting is hearing from lawyers for victims' families today on why they want to call RCMP officers and a key 911 operator to the stand. Sandra M...

Mar 07, 2022